Welcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.

I’m looking forward to Eleanor Catton’s new novel about the apocalypse. Until it’s released, we can live this far less fictitious version of the end.

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Here’s all the shit we couldn’t cover today:

White House aide Sebastian Gorka has denied a report from The Forward alleging that he has ties to a Nazi-allied Hungarian nationalist group. In a statement to the Tablet, Gorka said that while he wore medals associated with Vitézi Rend, he did so to honor his father’s “struggle against totalitarianism” and not as evidence of membership with the anti-Semitic group. Despite Gorka’s statement, The Forward interviewed two members of the group who confirmed Gorka’s involvement alleging that he swore a life-long oath to the Vitézi Rend. [The Forward, Tablet]

White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney defended Trump’s cuts by arguing that after-school programs aimed at feeding children after school aren’t “helping kids do better at school.” [Axios]